Sweet Potato Pie and The Dream

In celebration of Barack Obama's inauguration, we will be serving sweet potato pie more often in our home. It will serve as a reminder that we can envision and create a new dream — and that anything is possible. Below is a recipe that uses all natural, organically grown ingredients.

Ingredients (choose organically grown, whenever possible):

1 pound sweet potatoes
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup cane sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 9-inch unbaked pie crust

Directions:

Boil sweet potato whole in skin until soft when poked with fork (40 to 50 minutes for 1 large sweet potato or 20-25 minutes for group of smaller ones). Run cold water over cooked potatoes, remove skin, and place in large mixer bowl.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mash cooked potato and beat with softened butter until combined. Add sugar, milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon, and vanilla. Beat on medium speed until smooth. Pour into unbaked pie shell.

Bake in preheated oven for 55 to 60 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Pie will puff up like a soufflé, and then sink down as it cools.

Serve warm or at room temperature with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream (optional).

~~~Thanks to Huffington Post's article posted Nov 24, 2008, which provided the above recipe (which we slightly adapted to include organic ingredients).